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G. DT WARINGfD. s. RIDDER', av E. W. o-REBCY.

PLAYIN G CARDS.`

Patented Deo. 5, 1882.

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Majmmunial Bureau VNn( Gaaf mi Maw? UNITED STATES PATENT OEEHCE GEORGE D. VARING AND DANIEL S. KIDDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND EDWARD W. CREECY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

PLAYING-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 268,759, dated Decerriber 5, 1882.

Application filed November 13. 1882. (No modeLl W. CREECY, residing in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Playing-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

' Our invention is a play` ing-card constructed, as fully described hereinafter, so as to be available in playing any of the games for which cards are used, and also to afford an extended space for the insertion of advertisements or other printed matter required for different games, &c.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of` a hand of cards, showing our improvement; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are face views of cards detached with diiierent arrangements of printed matter.

` In ordinary playing-cards the entire surface ofthe card is covered by the tgurc in the case of court-cards, while the emblems in the spotcards are so distributed as to break up the face into small spaces, so that it is impossible to make 'a prominent display of any advertising or other printed matter, and if any is put upon the card it detracts from the prominence of the spots and from the utility of the card in playing. To avoid these ohjections we place miniature representations of the card in panels a a', arranged in diagonallyopposite corners, so that by exposing either corner the suit and value ofthe card is at once apparent, and in thewide space thus left upon the face of the card we display any advertising or other matter which it may be desired to bring to the notice of those using the cards. For instance, we may insert advertisements, as shown in the drawings; or we may ll the space with other matter intended for other games. i By this construction we avoid impairing the value ot` the card in the least for playing purposes, and yet are able to makea most prominent display of advertising-matter.

We are aware that Cyrus W. Saladee secured Letters Patent, February 9, 1864, for a playing-card having a miniature representation in one corner, and this we do not claim but such a card is not available practically in playing.

We are also aware that A. Dougherty secured Letters Patent, October ll, 1875, for a. playing-card having miniature representations in opposite corners and the usual emblems on the face; but such a card, having more upon its face than those ordinarily used, is less available than the latter for advertising purposes. Our above-described card can be used with either end up, serves all the purposes of the conventional card, yet exposes a larger space for advertising-m atter.

We claim- A playing-card having the emblems or spots arranged in small panels in diagonally-opposite corners, and an intermediate space lilled p with printed matter, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE D. WARING.

D. S. KIDDER. EDWARD GREECY.

Witnesses to the signatures of George D.

Waring and D. S. Kidder:

U. MARTIN, E. LOEBADER.

Witnesses to the signature of Edward W. CEEEGY:

' CHARLES E. FOSTER,

JNO. W. SIMS. 

